# Field Types

This resource lets you read the list of supported types of custom fields in YouTrack.
|  Resource  |     ```GENERIC /api/admin/customFieldSettings/types ```    |
| --- | --- |
|  Returned entity  |  [FieldType](api-entity-FieldType.html). For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](#FieldType-supported-fields) section.  |
|  Supported methods  |      * `GET`: [Read a List of FieldTypes](#get_all-FieldType-method).    |

## FieldType attributes

Represents the type of a custom field in YouTrack.

### Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

* [Field Types]()

### Attributes

This table describes attributes of the `FieldType` entity.

* To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the `fields` request parameter.

* To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

|  Field  |  Type  |  Description  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  id  |  String  |     A string representation of the custom field type.       For the full list of possible field types, see the Custom Field Type column at [Type Mapping for Custom Fields](api-concept-custom-fields.html#type-issue-custom-fields).    `Read-only`.  |

## Read a List of FieldTypes

Get all available field types.

### Request syntax

```GENERIC
GET /api/admin/customFieldSettings/types?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}
```

|  null  |  The database ID of FieldType  |
| --- | --- |

### Request parameters

|  Parameter  |  Type  |  Description  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  fields  |  String  |  A list of FieldType attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.  |
|  $skip  |  Int  |  Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.  |
|  $top  |  Int  |     Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries.       The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see [Pagination](api-concept-pagination.html).     |

### Sample

#### Sample request

```CURL
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/customFieldSettings/types?fields=id,presentation,isMultiValue,valueType&$skip=4&$top=3
```

#### Sample response body

```JSON
[
  {
    "isMultiValue": false,
    "presentation": "integer",
    "valueType": "integer",
    "id": "integer",
    "$type": "FieldType"
  },
  {
    "isMultiValue": true,
    "presentation": "enum[*]",
    "valueType": "enum",
    "id": "enum[*]",
    "$type": "FieldType"
  },
  {
    "isMultiValue": false,
    "presentation": "enum[1]",
    "valueType": "enum",
    "id": "enum[1]",
    "$type": "FieldType"
  }
]
```